Event Summary

WALA’s Creative Entrepreneurs Series is a series for creatives of all kinds who want to take the next step in their professional career by creating their own business. Explore the basics of forming a business for your creative endeavors, from deciding whether to incorporate as a non-profit or for-profit entity, to understanding copyrights and trademarks, to contract and negotiation skills, and finally to taxes and understanding the grants process.

The series comprises six sessions to be held on *consecutive Mondays, starting Monday, February 1, 2021, and continuing through Monday, March 15, 2021, from **11am – 12:30pm.

*(There is no session Monday, March 8, 2021)

**(Monday, February 15th Tax Strategies session begins at 12pm (Noon).)

Attendees must register for each individual session.

• Session #4: Monday, February 22, 2021 ~ Contracts & Licensing

(Select this date to attend this session)

Presentation and Q & A with:

Karl Means, Counsel, Miles & Stockbridge

This session covers:

When is a deal a deal?

- Offer

- Acceptance

- Consideration

What can you license?

- Ownership

- Contract considerations

- Royalties

What Happens If Someone Fails?

- Remedies

- Deadlines

- Indemnification

- Governing Law

- Limitations on Remedies

Karl W. Means advises clients on a range of intellectual property-related issues, including working with clients to protect and license copyrighted works covering a wide variety of subjects, including publishing, music, computer software, and web-based content. Karl also counsels clients on the selection and protection of federally registered trademarks in the U.S., international trademarks, domain names and web-based advertising, and brand development. He also has extensive experience with technology-based transactions involving the commercialization of products and services, brand licensing, technology transfer, software licensing, and development agreements.

Before joining Miles & Stockbridge, Karl was a Shareholder in the Intellectual Property practice at the firm of Shulman Rogers. Karl began his legal career with the U.S. Customs Service in Washington, D.C., where he was Senior Attorney in the Intellectual Property Rights Branch. Karl holds an M.B.A. from Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma.

Visit Miles & Stockbridge online at https://www.mslaw.com/karl-w-means

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The WALA Creative Entrepreneurs Series (CES) is free for WALA members and *$20 per workshop for non-members.

*Reduced rate General Admission tickets available.

This WALA Creative Entrepreneur Series is supported by a special collaborative effort between Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council, Gateway CDC, Creative Edge, Prince George’s Film Office and DPARK3311. Complimentary tickets are available via these organizations. Tickets for this series have been subsidized by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Truist.

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Event Details

• Date

  February 22, 2021

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• Time

  11:00am - 12:30pm

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• Partner

  Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council, Gateway CDC, Creative Edge, Prince George’s Film Office, and DPARK3311

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• Venue

  Online